Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parenting — that long chain of decisions that hopefully leads to a well-rounded adult — was always a little less stressful for Laura Guerra because her husband, Rigo, was “100% in it” for their daughter, Emilia. But ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An appeals court has revived a federal lawsuit that a lower court dismissed accusing the state of West Virginia of failing to protect children and fix its overwhelmed foster care system. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The embattled state agency that oversees child welfare in New Mexico said Friday it is retraining its front-line investigators and creating new critical review teams as part of an effort to once again overhaul a department that ...

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, family law practitioners in Maryland have been inundated with calls from LGBTQ+ clients worried that the Supreme Court will next set its sights on Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that in 2015 recognized ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Reproductive health advocates are sounding the alarm about possible limited or prohibited access to contraception after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But a case going to trial next month suggests that a threat to reproductive health ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The social services system “failed” 13 children who were rescued after being starved, shackled and horribly abused by their parents at a Southern California home for years, according to a report released Friday. Some of the Turpin ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Months after withdrawing legislation that proposed the Navajo Nation recognize marriage equality through repealing and amending tribal laws, a new bill is bringing back that recommendation. The legislation seeks to end the ban on same-sex marriage under ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A panel of Tennessee judges has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a couple who alleged that a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish. The lawsuit against the state challenged a 2020 ...

BERLIN — The German government on Thursday presented plans to make it easier for transgender people to legally change their name and gender, ending decades-old rules that require them to get expert assessments and a court’s authorization. Under the planned ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The biological mother of two small California boys who died while in the state foster care system has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her sons were unlawfully taken from her and placed with foster parents who are ...